John Timothy GroganMP (born 24 February 1961) is a British Labour Party politician, who is the current Member of Parliament (MP) for Keighley.[2] He was formerly Member of Parliament for Selby between 1997 and 2010.[3] He is currently chair of the Mongolian–British Chamber of Commerce (MBCC).[4]

He worked as a communications coordinator with the Leeds City Council from 1987 to 1994 before setting up his own conference business from 1996–97. He worked for the Labour Party in various capacities in both Leeds and Wolverhampton. He also acted as the Labour Party press officer in the European Parliament at Brussels in 1995.

In 2009, Grogan gained national coverage for his campaign against the proposed options for the privatisation of Royal Mail.[8] detention of suspects for 42 days,[9] gambling deregulation,[10]

He campaigned against the proposed expansion of Heathrow Airport,[11] the top-up tuition fee reforms in 2004[12] and voted against the UK's involvement in the Iraq War in 2003.[13] While serving as an MP, he also campaigned for reform of the licensing laws,[14] the smoking ban,[15] bus regulation[16] and public service broadcasting.[17] Grogan also campaigned for the protection of the rights of agency workers,[18] the regulation of lobbyists[19] and access for all to sporting listed events on free-to-air TV.[20]
He was also the chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on the BBC, Beer and Mongolia.

While serving as the MP for Selby, Grogan also supported the building of a new by-pass for Selby,[21] as well as a new hospital and the expansion of its flood defences.[22]

In 2006, Grogan confirmed he would not contest the next general election after boundary changes were made to his Selby Constituency.[23]

During and after the 2009 expenses scandal, Grogan was criticised by The Daily Telegraph for claiming £150.00 on parliamentary expenses for English language tuition for a Mongolian intern. It was reported by the newspaper to have been in order for the intern to be able to "understand his [Mr Grogan's] constituents' Yorkshire accents".[24]